Forced by the situation, Sun Quan led the former general, received the gold seal purple ribbon, Jieyue, worshiped Yangzhou Assassin Shi, Lu Su was the other driver, Zhang Zhao was the ruler, and the rest of the officials were promoted and appointed according to the size of their merits.

Although it was a big defeat, Jiangdong civil and military officers were promoted in turn, Huang Gai was only a partial general before, promoted to Annan general, Lu Xun was Huainan Sima Shoufei, and Sun Quan led the troops back to Jiangdong.

Lu Meng's body could not be recovered, Sun Quan ordered people to carve the body of golden silk nan wood, and gave him a close-fitting robe and armor to bury the corpse, which was supported by Deng Guang, and the three armies walked in plain clothes.

The carriage and horse traveled to the wet beard, Lu Meng's sister Lu Shi crossed the river with his wife to come, the second son Lu Ba and Lu Cong were only more than ten years old, Sun Quan comforted them, and lived in the same house with Tai Shixiang after returning to Jianye, and raised them personally.

After worshipping by the riverside, Sun Quan thought that the village was originally proposed by Lu Meng to be built, and he was a person from Runan, so he buried it at the foot of the mountain, and secretly vowed to let him witness the day of the Central Plains in the north.

Three days later, people and horses crossed the river, Wu Guotai had already led people to wait by the river, and personally boarded the boat to visit, Sun Quan was shocked, and was busy getting off the boat to salute, but was stopped by Wu Guotai.

Swinging back left and right, Wu Guotai checked the wound, saw that the surroundings were blue and swollen, rainy for days, and suppuration and water, weeping and complaining: "My son has been injured so far, why don't you go back to Jiangdong to recuperate as soon as possible?" ”

Sun Quan said comfortingly: "Mother doesn't have to be like this, I want my father and brother to fight in the south and the north, and fight bloodily, so that there is the foundation of the Sun family, and the child inherits his will and keeps the business, so why worry about a small injury?" ”

"Hugh is nonsense!" Wu Guotai said sharply: "Now that the foundation of Jiangdong is all on you, you must love and respect yourself, your father chased the enemy and was killed, Bo Fu can be killed, the lessons of the past are still in front of you, can I not quit?" ”

Sun Quan nodded and said, "Mother's discipline, the child remembers it." ”

"This arrow is poisonous, and now it has entered the bone marrow!" Wu Guotai looked at the injury, and couldn't help crying, angry and anxious: "Although the poison is not violent, if it is not cured in time, it may hurt the muscles and bones, my son is worried about his life, how can you be so willful......"

Before the words fell, he couldn't breathe, and he fainted suddenly, Sun Quan hurriedly supported him, and ordered the maid to help him to rest in the cabin.

Everyone was busy for a while, Wu Guotai woke up slowly, but he was lying on the couch and couldn't speak, so anxious that Sun Quan cried again, knelt in front of the bed and shouted, "Unfilial." ”

Several doctors were helpless, and could only speculate that they were in a hurry and needed to recuperate, so Sun Quan had no choice but to send orders to prepare for the carriage and return to the city.

Back in Jianye, Sun Quan appointed Lu Su to crusade against Shanyue, and he didn't care about the government, so he first brought Wu Guotai into the palace to serve, and after the medicinal soup was boiled, he retreated and fed it.

In the dead of night, the cicadas chirped unconsciously, Sun Quan was in front of the independent window, his heart was in turmoil, the war in Huainan was unfavorable, he broke his henchman Lu Meng, Zhou Yu was trapped in Qingzhou again, and Jiangdong fell into a predicament again.

When he looked back, he saw Wu Guotai sitting up slowly, his expression was a little gloomy under the candlelight, and he was shocked, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "How is my mother's health?" ”

"The old man is fine!" Wu Guotai shook his head slightly, turned around and took away the pillow, opened the secret compartment at the head of the bed, took out a brocade box and handed it over, and said: "This is the detoxification pill I have refined for many years, made of fish oil and turtle bile, which can be treated with ordinary poisons, so you can take it first." ”

Sun Quan took it with both hands and asked with concern: "The child is young and strong, some injuries are not serious, the mother does not need to be too worried, if she is sick because of this, it will make the child feel ashamed." ”

Wu Guotai smiled gently, very moved by Sun Quan's filial piety, and sighed lightly: "Don't worry, my son, I fainted on the river, but it was a fraud, just to deceive hundreds of officials." ”

"Huh?" Sun Quan was shocked and wondered: "The child has been returned to Jiangdong, why should the mother do this?" ”

Wu Guotai stared at Sun Quan, the tenderness in his eyes gradually disappeared, and he changed to a cold look, and said slowly: "If I am not sick, how can I ask Shang Xiang to return to Jianye and let Liu Qi go to Jiangdong?" ”

Sun Quan was moved: "Why did my mother say this? ”

Wu Guotai asked, "Do you know why the Northern Expedition has failed repeatedly?" ”

Sun Quan looked embarrassed for a while, gritted his teeth and scolded: "It was supposed to be done, but who knew that Sima Zhongda was despicable and deceitful, and he ruined me twice, and God made people!" ”

Wu Guotai said: "Zhongmou's words are wrong, our army was flooded, not because of the war. ”

Sun Quan's expression softened slightly, and he asked, "What is Mother's opinion?" ”

Wu Guotai said: "In my opinion, it is because the Jiangdong soldiers are not good at land warfare, and the north of the Huai River is conducive to land warfare, not conducive to water warfare. Wu'er led Jiangdong by himself, and defended the land with the three rivers, Yuan Shu, Liu Biao, and Cao Cao did not dare to go down to the south of the Yangtze River, all because of the prosperity of our naval army! If you get the land of Xuzhou, Cao's army will attack on a large scale, and if there is no naval army to respond, it may be difficult to defend. ”

Sun Quan pondered for a long time, Wu Guotai's words today were actually similar to what Lu Meng had said before, if it weren't for the fact that their brothers had often asked the second lady for advice since childhood, they would have been surprised today.

Wu Guotai said again: "Now that Cao Pi has fled north, Cao Pi is far inferior to his father, and he has no ability to defend the land and employ people. Once Liu Qi gains power, if today's situation is based on the current situation, the soldiers and horses of Yizhou and Jingzhou will go down the river, who will be able to stop him? ”

"Hiss-" Sun Quan gasped, and then shook his head again: "Liu Qi is my brother-in-law, and the child has formed alliances with him many times, jointly breaking King Cao Qin, and supporting the imperial court, how can he turn against each other?" ”

"People are harmless and tigers are harmful, and tigers are hurtful!" Wu Guotai said solemnly, "Even if it is like the covenant between the two of you: to destroy the Cao family, Qin Wang Xinghan." That Liu Qi is a disciple of the Liu family, and the merit of Zhongxing should be the king and the earth, and the name of the future generations, or even the lord of the world by Zen, this is the matter of the Liu clan, my son is just a relative and a vassal minister, and An can lead Jiangdong alone? If you don't obey your orders, you will end up with a bad name, and if you obey it, you will lose your inheritance, what face will you have to see your father and brother in the future? ”

"This ......" Sun Quan's expression changed several times, and this talk actually made him feel a little strange and in awe of the person in front of him.

Wu Guotai sighed lightly: "In the past, Cao Thief's soldiers were on the river, and Eastern Wu was in danger of exhaustion, so he had to form an alliance with Liu Qi. Now in hindsight, it was Liu Bowei who deceived my orphans and widows, calculated and plotted, and restrained Cao's army for him, but he did not gain an inch of land, but he took Yizhou, seized Guanzhong, bought people's hearts, and became famous, and the authorities were confused, so I had to wake up as soon as possible. ”

At this time, Sun Quan finally understood the reason for Wu Guotai's fraud just now, and said in surprise: "Mother wants to deceive Liu Qi across Jiangdong and ask the child to seek Jingzhou?" ”

"It's not Jingzhou!" Wu Guotai sneered: "Liu Biao is my son-in-law, now Liu Biao is dead, Liu Cong is young, if Liu Qi is trapped in Jiangdong, my son will be my brother to take over the foundation, of course, who dares to disagree?" ”

Sun Quan was stunned for a while, took a deep breath and asked: "Mother's high-minded remarks make the child feel like seeing the sun through the clouds, I don't want my mother to live in the palace, and I also know the major events in the world. ”

Wu Guotai shook his head and smiled: "The old body knows about national affairs? There are other people who have this plan, and the old man thinks that it makes sense, so he will listen to you. ”

Sun Quan was pleasantly surprised, got up and asked, "Who is this person, where is it now, the child will come to visit in person." ”